How to pronounce orphan
Listen to orphan in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“orphan” in real sentences
409 clips in the index · 37 American · 137 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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“orphan buildings” in Scotland?
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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Dunia Karani is an orphan.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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I was a scientific orphan.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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I am a Thanksgiving orphan.
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of orphan. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.